Kate Shapland on why false eyelashes take years off your face.
1. Time: in beefing up your natural lashes, lash extensions make lashes look fuller, longer and more dramatic without makeup. So if you are a person who, having rolled out of bed, only has time to put a wipe to your face of a morning (makeup - what's that?), this treatment was made for you. Even ardent makeup-wearers can forget mascara. Having said that, it's worth remembering that lash extensions need to be maintained: they are said to last for the full cycle of the natural lash (around 60 days), but infills are recommended every month.
2. Age: while adding thickness and volume to your natural lash growth, which can diminish with age, lash extensions can take years off your face in much the same way as highlights. This is partly due to their lustre and sweeping density, but also the way they bring dull eyes back to life: lash extensions work wonders on tired eyes.
3. Fashion: in case you hadn't noticed, focus is firmly back on the eyes with 'Le Smoky' - smoked grey, black and navy shadows with corresponding liners and mascara - as next season's best dressed eye. And although false lashes have been selling like hotcakes in recent months it's predicted that lash extensions will surpass them as the eye-maker of choice because they don't need to be stuck on with every occasion.